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Country
  
France

Department
  
Seine-et-Marne

Canton
  
Lizy-sur-Ourcq

Area
  
15.12 km²

Region
  
Île-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Meaux

Intercommunality
  
Pays de l'Ourcq

Local time
  
Saturday 7:04 PM

Congis-sur-Thérouanne

Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 96% Humidity

Congis-sur-Thérouanne is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.

Contents

Map of 77440 Congis-sur-Th%C3%A9rouanne, France

Demographics

The inhabitants are called Congissois.

Schools

The communal preschool and elementary school is the École "Casse-Noisettes". Junior high school students attend Collège Camille-Saint-Saëns in Lizy-sur-Ourcq and Collège du Champivert in Crouy-sur-Ourcq. There is one senior high school/sixth-form college in the commune, Lycée du Gué-à-Tresmes.

People linked to the commune

  • Pierre Baillet, (born Paris c.1447; died Auxerre before 1513), lord of Villers-lès-Rigault, a former commune merged with Congis-sur-Thérouanne in 1807. He is interred in the Saint-Alexandre chapel, behind the choir, with his brother, Jean III Baillet, Bishop of Auxerre.
  • Henri Hérouin, (1876-?), Olympic champion archer at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, was born here.

    • References

    Congis-sur-Thérouanne Wikipedia
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